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svelte

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of svelte

having a noticeably small amount of body fat

The svelte dancer seemed to float across the stage.

Synonyms of svelte

bony (also boney), fatless, lean, lithe, skinny, slender, slim, spare, thin

Words Related to svelte

clean-limbed, trim

sylphlike, willowy

angular, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, sinewy, wiry

lank, lanky, rangy, reedy, spindling, spindly, stringy, twiggy, waspish, weedy

anorexic, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted, wizened

meager (or meagre), puny, slight

Near Antonyms of svelte

beefy, bulky, chunky, fleshy, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty

brawny, burly, husky

pudgy, roly-poly, squat, stubby

paunchy, potbellied

full, hippy, round

Antonyms of svelte

chubby, corpulent, fat, obese, overweight, plump, portly, rotund, tubby

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